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German factory outfitters want fairer trade with China
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
China -- the world's second-largest machine-tool exporter after Germany -- has got away with "subsidy distortions and unequal market access" at the World Trade ...
US unveils tighter foreign investment rules for national security
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
The new rules enforce reforms Congress enacted in 2018 amid heightened concern about Chinese economic espionage, although officials said the measures do not tar...
US-China trade deal a mixed success for Trump
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
"The hard issues between the United States and China are still outstanding," said Edward Alden, trade policy expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. But he ...
Pricey 'American Dream' mall places big bet on retail
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
For about $30, consumers can ski for two hours on a 1,000-foot (300-meter) hill of man-made snow, the glare of the sun replaced by a metal ceiling in a venue th...
Firms in China remain wary despite US trade deal
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
As Chinese Vice Premier Liu He travels to Washington from Monday to Wednesday to seal the deal, manufacturers and suppliers told AFP that they fear the agreemen...
Huawei exec can be extradited to US, Canada attorney general says
Jan 11, 2020 (AFP)
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was originally detained on a US warrant in late 2018, faces an extradition hearing in Vancouver that begins on ...
Details of US-China deal to be published after signing: White House
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
After nearly two years of escalating conflict, US President Donald Trump and top Chinese trade envoy Liu He are due to sign a "phase one" agreement on January 1...
'Phase Two' China trade deal may come after US election: Trump
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
Trump's remarks come days before Beijing's trade envoy is due in Washington to sign a "phase one" agreement, marking a pause in the two sides' nearly two-year t...
China inflation flattens as surge in pork prices slows
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
The consumer price index, a key gauge of retail inflation, has been consistently rising over the past year as the disease ravages pig herds across China, leadin...
China confirms negotiator to sign trade deal in US next week
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
The signing will cap a nearly two-year spat that threatened to throttle the global economy as the two countries exchanged tariffs on hundreds of billions of dol...
Foreign firms wary as China launches investment law
Jan 08, 2020 (AFP)
The foreign investment law, which came into force on January 1, is supposed to give local and foreign companies equal treatment in the Chinese market and improv...
US tech tariffs: a bull in France's china shop
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
President Donald Trump has threatened to tax $2.4 billion in such imports by as much as 100 percent, retaliating against a French tax on tech companies, which U...
China starts lifting restrictions on foreign investment
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
From the start of 2020, foreign banks can now set up wholly-owned branches in China without a local partner holding the majority stake, the banking regulatory a...
China to cut reserve requirement for banks as economy slows
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
The People's Bank of China will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on January 6 by 50 basis points, it said in a statement, reducing the amount of cash ban...
Panama marks 20 years in charge of canal, faces climate threat
Dec 31, 2019 (AFP)
On December 31, 1999 at midday sharp, then-president Mireya Moscoso hoisted Panama's red, blue and white flag over the Canal administration building for the fir...
Chinese factory activity remains steady in December
Dec 31, 2019 (AFP)
The closely watched Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of activity in the country's factories, was at 50.2 in December, posting the same gain as the ...
US-China 'phase one' trade deal to be signed January 15
Dec 31, 2019 (AFP)
"I will be signing our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China on January 15," Trump tweeted moments before Wall Street was due to open. "T...
US, China biggest WTO winners: study
Dec 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Bertelsmann Foundation research showed WTO membership has boosted the US's gross domestic product by $87 billion in the 25 years since the country joined. C...
Road to riches for China's rag trade runs through Paris
Dec 27, 2019 (AFP)
As Paris gears up for its next run of shows early in the new year, it is clear that Chinese designers have made it into the rarefied world of fashion. Think Guo...
Facing US trade uncertainty, China seeks closer ties with neighbours
Dec 25, 2019 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Beijing was willing to strengthen economic cooperation with ...
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